Index: src/db.c
==================================================================
--- src/db.c
+++ src/db.c
@@ -2380,10 +2380,11 @@
 **
 ** Options:
 **    --template      FILE         Copy settings from repository file
 **    --admin-user|-A USERNAME     Select given USERNAME as admin user
 **    --date-override DATETIME     Use DATETIME as time of the initial check-in
+**    --empty                      do not create an initial check-in
 **    --sha1                       Use an initial hash policy of "sha1"
 **
 ** DATETIME may be "now" or "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS". If in
 ** year-month-day form, it may be truncated, the "T" may be replaced by
 ** a space, and it may also name a timezone offset from UTC as "-HH:MM"
@@ -2396,16 +2397,16 @@
   char *zPassword;
   const char *zTemplate;      /* Repository from which to copy settings */
   const char *zDate;          /* Date of the initial check-in */
   const char *zDefaultUser;   /* Optional name of the default user */
   int bUseSha1 = 0;           /* True to set the hash-policy to sha1 */
-
-
+  int bMakeEmpty;
   zTemplate = find_option("template",0,1);
   zDate = find_option("date-override",0,1);
   zDefaultUser = find_option("admin-user","A",1);
   bUseSha1 = find_option("sha1",0,0)!=0;
+  bMakeEmpty = find_option("empty",0,0)!=0;
   /* We should be done with options.. */
   verify_all_options();
 
   if( g.argc!=3 ){
     usage("REPOSITORY-NAME");
@@ -2422,11 +2423,11 @@
   db_begin_transaction();
   if( bUseSha1 ){
     g.eHashPolicy = HPOLICY_SHA1;
     db_set_int("hash-policy", HPOLICY_SHA1, 0);
   }
-  if( zDate==0 ) zDate = "now";
+  if( zDate==0 && bMakeEmpty==0 ) zDate = "now";
   db_initial_setup(zTemplate, zDate, zDefaultUser);
   db_end_transaction(0);
   if( zTemplate ) db_detach("settingSrc");
   fossil_print("project-id: %s\n", db_get("project-code", 0));
   fossil_print("server-id:  %s\n", db_get("server-code", 0));